Gasolene-valve lock.



H. M. SHEDD.

' GASOLENE VA-LVE LOCK.

APPLICATION FILED DEC-23. 1913.

1,150,305. Patented Aug. 17,1915.

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To all whom wit may concern .f

Be it known thatI, HARRY- M. 'SHEDb," a

citizen of the United States, and a resident of Elizabeth, county of Union, and State of New Jersey, haveiinvented a new and useful Improvement in Gasolene-Valve Locks, of:

which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is-to provlde a device of this class which may be applied wherever required, as to an automobile or to a motor boat, so as to prevent the same from being stolen; or to a gasolene tank so as to prevent the stealing ofgasolene, or. to any other suitable place. This object is accomplished by my invention, one embodlment of which is hereinafter set forth.

For. a more particular description of my invention, reference is to be had, to the ac companying drawings, forming a part hereof, in which- 7 Figure 1 is a front elevation of my 1mproved valve lock with a part of the dashoard of an automobile or motor-boat being shown. Fig. i 2 is. a sectional view taken on the line 22 of Fig. 3, looking in the directionof the arrows. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section of the structure, the section being taken substantially on the line 33 of Fig. 2, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Throughout the various views of the drawings, similar reference characters designate similar parts.

My improved valve lock 1', is provided with a suitable cook or valve 2 connected between the inflow and outflow pipes 3 and 4 held in proper relationthereto by means of unions 5, of the conventional kind. The valve 2 has a suitable casing v6 in which is placed a suitable plug 7 to fit the c0rresponding part of the casing 6, sothat when this plug 7 is turned, the valve may be opened or closed, this plug being perforated at 8 for this purpose.

The plug 7 has an upwardly extending stem 10 which runs upwardly to a suitable disk 11 and'to which it is'fixedt always moves with the disk 11 when the' oscillated to open or close the stem 10 is valve 2.

other suitable means. ably provided with suitable integral ears 22 This disk 11 has extending laterally therefrom a suit- The upper end of the casing is provided with a suitable bushing 15 towhich is fi'xed a. suitable atelited Aug. 17, 1915." v Application filed December 28,1913. sefiamas oasat.

so as to receive the disk 11 and co lock 19 with a suitable bolt 20 adapted to en- 6% gage the lug 1 4, which will be described below. The lock 19 is fixed in placein the cup 17 by means of a suitable integral collar 21 wh1ch is forced over this lock,,or by any which are perforated and provided with bolts or screws 23 so as'to hold the cup 17 in place on a dashboard '24, or other suitable support. The lock 19 may be of any suitable 75 form, but is preferably a lock which is fitted by a flat key 25 of the desired kind. In view of the foregoing,'the operation of my improved lock will be readily under- The cup 17 is preferstood. When the bolt 20 is raised into the lock 19, so as to be free of the In gasolene supply may be turned 0 through the valve 2 by use of the handle 12.

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When the bolt 20 is lowered, it is so placed and on thatit comes in contact'with the lug 14, as 8% indicated in Fig. 2, when the valve 2 is closed, so that any attempt to open the valve will be frustrated and the valve kept closed, whereby no gasolene can pass from the tank to the engine.

to the handle 12 so that something must break, the handle 12 will break off atthe weakest place 13, which is weakened for this purpose, so that if a thief attempts to steal If excessive force is applied an automobile provided with this look and attempts to. throw the valve 2 open when the bolt 20 is lowered, he will break the handle 12,.as just above described, which is weaker than the lugs 14 or 20, so that he cannot in any way open the valve 2.

While I have shown and described one embodiment of my invention, it is obvious that. it is' not restricted thereto, but is broad enough to cover all structures that come within the scope of the annexed claim.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is: i

In a device of the class described, a valve, a casing for said valve, a stem, a perforated plug secured to the end'of said stem, a disk 1% i'to the other endiof said stem, a casing surrounding said .disk, a pipe surround- 7 ing said stem and extending between the valve casing and 'the'oasing surrounding the tending through said. recess, a weakened portion on said handle I'adj acent the exterior of the casing, a'lock contained within saidcasing, a movable portion on said look, a pro-- jection on said disk, said movable portion on the lbbkadapted to coine contact with the projection on'the disk and prevent rota tion of the disk within the casing.

. 7 Signed at the cit of New York, county-of 15 New York, and tate of New York, this 19th day of December, 1913. v v HARRY M. SHEDD.

Witnessesi. I I

' H; RADZINSKY, H. SYWALLENSTEIN. 

